Carlos Slim Helú

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News about Carlos Slim HelÃº, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Jan. 15, 2015

New York Times Company announces that Carlos Slim Helu has acquired almost 16 million more shares of its Class A stock at more than $6.36 a share by exercising warrants, more than doubling his stake in company. MORE

Jul. 8, 2014

The announcement comes just as Mexican legislators approved new antitrust laws governing Mexico’s telecommunications and broadcasting industries. MORE

Mar. 8, 2014

Mexico's new regulator makes ruling intended to break virtual monopolies in Mexican telecommunications and television broadcasting; ruling promises to redraw landscape of both industries as it takes direct aim at core businesses of Carlos Slim Helu, whose control over telephony here has made him one of world’s richest men, and Emilio Azcarraga, whose television channels play outsize role in country’s politics. MORE

Aug. 9, 2013

The phone giant owned by the Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helú offered to buy the remaining 70 percent stake in the Dutch cellphone operator KPN that it does not already own. MORE

Dec. 12, 2012

Carlos Slim Helu, richest man in the world, has his son working on a deal that will send New York Red Bulls midfielder Rafael Marquez to Leon in the Mexican soccer league. MORE